Random Assortment

Some random photos from the last few weeks:

Cinderella is Abby’s new favorite.

One more picture of Abby with her cousins. They just look so cute together.

Elise is all about letters these days. She loves writing words and names. The other day she was sitting at the kitchen table and asked me, "How do you spell 'princess'?" Abby said, "E - M - D - S." She spoke with authority, like she really knew how to spell it. She even dragged out the S, as if to say 'write that much, then I'll finish for you'. Apparently we do a lot of out loud spelling in this house.

Emily had a fieldtrip to the Treehouse Museum last week. She got to be part of a little play they did and she loved it! She brought home a paper that she had traced on a light table. Nate said that the other kindergarteners would trace one or two letters and then move on to some other activity. Not Emily. She had to do the whole page. She is one meticulous little girl.

The other day, Elise and Abby were playing with play-doh. Elise made an ice cream cone and pretended to take a bite. Abby always wants to do just what her sisters are doing, so she took a big bite of her playdoh too. I’m glad it is non-toxic.

We’ve had the trampoline up for a week and the kids are in love with it all over again.

We’ve started having Lego parties every Sunday night at this house. Ben lets everyone pick one of his Lego sets and then we get to take it apart and rebuild it. Elise and I work as a team since she isn’t quite up to building on her own. It has been fun, and I like that Ben’s Lego collection is no longer for display only.

For the first couple of weeks after we watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ben would hurry home from scouts and put on his Indiana Jones gear. He thinks it is awesome that young Indy was a Boy Scout.

Ben loved skiing so much that he decided to spend some of his own money to go again. Nate took him last night, so we had another girls’ night. Most of our time was spent cleaning the girls’ bedroom. It was a disaster! We rewarded ourselves with frosties from Wendy’s and pedicures.